One of the best retail experiences in Seattle, bar none. Even if you don't like books, you can head down to the cafe in the basement and enjoy a Top Pot donut and cuppa joe to see what underground Seattle was all about (check out the old pull handle crapper in the Men's Room!).
This is the place where the floors creak, where people thumb through the best available bindings, and where the line to work here goes almost as far as the one at the register. Got a favorite author that's on tour? Chances are (s)he will pass through the reading room downstairs (or if not here, then certainly at Third Place Books, the sister store up on Lake City Way).
Great local section and staff picks. A must for any bookworm.
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